Debut horror Novella Out Now
Now Available on Amazon. More retailers and signed copies coming soon.
Sweet Caroline’s is a Southern-gothic horror novella about a woman who built her life around caring for animals—and what happens when she finally has the power to deliver justice for the ones no one else ever fought for. Once a small-town pet groomer scraping by, Caroline’s luck changes overnight when an unexpected windfall makes her one of the wealthiest women in East Texas. With limitless resources and a heart shaped by years of witnessing silent suffering, she turns her fortune toward a single purpose: making sure no abused, neglected, or forgotten pet goes unanswered for ever again.
For generations, animals have vanished, suffered, or quietly endured mistreatment at the hands of those who believed no one was watching. But they were wrong. Every cruelty leaves a trail, and Caroline has the means to follow it—patiently, quietly, and with a precision that feels almost surgical. What begins as a personal mission slowly becomes something larger: a calculated, relentless pursuit of justice for the voiceless.
Caroline’s sprawling, multimillion-dollar compound becomes the control center for her crusade, a place where information is gathered, patterns are tracked, and consequences are carefully crafted. Those who have harmed animals begin to feel that someone is closing in on them—someone who knows exactly what they did and refuses to let the past stay buried.
As rumors spread and the body count rises, a strange mixture of fear and awe settles over East Texas. Some whisper that Caroline is dangerous. Others call her a hero. But everyone agrees on one thing: the age of getting away with hurting animals is over.
Blending creeping dread with the satisfaction of long-overdue retribution, Sweet Caroline’s explores what justice can look like when a woman with nothing left to lose finally gains everything she needs to fight back. Dark, sharp, and emotionally charged, this novella reminds readers that sometimes the scariest force of all is the one that stands up for the innocent.
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About redheaded Horror (jeanie)
The author behind Sweet Caroline’s comes from an extensive professional background grounded in service, science, and education. With multiple graduate degrees and a long list of advanced certifications, she spent decades building respected careers in both healthcare and public education. But titles, credentials, and accomplishments offered little protection when her world was upended. A cruel regime dismantled the systems she had devoted her life to, and the careers she had nurtured for years were abruptly taken from her.
In the aftermath of that loss, she faced the same crossroads countless survivors encounter: collapse under the weight of devastation, or pivot toward reinvention. She chose the latter. Drawing from her own lived experiences—including childhood trauma, the resilience forged through it, and the fierce protectiveness that comes from surviving the unthinkable—she turned to storytelling. What began as a private outlet evolved into a powerful creative force.
Her work blends Southern gothic atmosphere, emotional truth, and a razor-sharp eye for justice, especially for the voiceless and vulnerable. By channeling her personal history into a fantastical universe of retribution and moral reckoning, she gives readers a cathartic space to explore themes of survival, accountability, and the often-overlooked strength of those who refuse to stay silent. Her stories invite readers to question who we protect, who we overlook, and what justice might look like when systems fail.
Through grief, reinvention, and the courage to speak in her own voice, she has emerged as one of the authors to watch—an unmistakable presence in contemporary Southern gothic horror. Her work resonates because it comes from a place of lived truth: the truth of loss, the truth of resilience, and the truth that sometimes the most powerful stories are born from the ashes of what tried to break us.
For Sunny and Daisy
Once harmed. Now unstoppable.
This story exists because they survived
— and because justice should too.
